That country led Germany and the U.S., according to France’s beauty association, the Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté, or FEBEA.
The segment — which comprises France’s second largest for exports, after the aeronautic industry — contributed strongly to the country’s net sales abroad, with a trade balance of 10.6 billion euros.China is by far the largest market abroad for French lipsticks: one in four lipsticks exported from France are sold there. Skin care products and makeup related to the complexion remained very popular in China, as well.
“We are particularly involved in facilitating the export process by obtaining a certain number of required documents’ dematerialization,” he continued.